Midsummer Night
English National Opera · Kate Royal · Andrew Staples · Thomas Allen
Midsummer Night (2009), CD, on EMI Classics. Music by Benjamin Britten, André Messager, Antonín Dvořák, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, performed by English National Opera, Kate Royal, Andrew Staples, Thomas Allen; 11 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Alwyn: Midsummer Night (Miss Julie)
William Alwyn - Miss Julie, Act I Scene 1: Midsummer Night, O, Night of Magic
Walton: At the Haunted End of the Day (Troilus and Cressida)
Dvořák: Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Antonín Dvořák - Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání. “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka)
Britten: Embroidery Aria (Peter Grimes)
Benjamin Britten - Peter Grimes: Act III Scene I: "Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness" (Ellen)
Lehár: Vilja-Lied (Die Lustige Witwe)
Franz Lehár - Die lustige Witwe: Akt II. N°7. Introduktion, Tanz und Vilja-Lied: “Ich bitte, hier jetzt zu verweilen” … “Nun laßt uns aber wie daheim” … “Es lebt’ eine Vilja” (Hanna, Chor)
Britten: Tiny's Song (Paul Bunyan)
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Tiny's Song (Tiny, Inkslinger, Slim, Chorus)